Civil Liberties

AP Gov't

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applied whenever a person or small group is subject to a personal attack during a broadcast.

personal attack rule

the legal constitutional protections against the gov't.

civil liberties

first 10 amendments, which protect the basic liberties such as freedom & speech.

Bill of Rights

prohibits gov't from interfering with the practice of religion.

free exercise clause

SC court case: prayer in public schools

Engle v. Vitale

censorship of information before it is published or broadcasted.

prior restraint

the rule is that speech could be restricted or stopped even if it only had the tendency to lead to illegal action

bad tendency rule

requires a judge to evaluate whether there is suffficient cause to keep a person in jail.

writ of habeas corpus

"congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion."

establishment clause